A Play, A Pie and A Pint (PPP) is excited to reveal the cast of Quietus, the final instalment in Matthew McVarish’s ‘Life and Death’ trilogy of plays. Co-presented with Ayr Gaiety, this new production centres on Donald, a man living on the spectrum with a crippling fear of the outside world, who gets assigned […]
A Play, A Pie and A Pint (PPP) is delighted to announce the cast of Davina & Goliath by David Bailie and Dave Anderson, a new comedy-drama about a woman who is in jail after protesting again Faslane’s nuclear weapons plant. This new play stars Elaine Mackenzie Ellis as the titular Davina alongside Tom McGovern […]
A Play, A Pie and A Pint (PPP) is delighted to announce that its acclaimed musical SCOTS will be performing at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of the Made in Scotland showcase. Following its sell-out run at Òran Mór and upcoming concert performance at 54 Below in New York, SCOTS will return to […]
A Play, A Pie and A Pint (PPP) is delighted to announce the cast of Faye’s Red Lines by Ian Pattison (Rab C Nesbitt) about a woman who has an unexpected revelation that triggers her buried past and forces her to take stock of her solitary life. Directed by Liz Carruthers, this new play stars […]
A Play, A Pie and A Pint (PPP) is delighted to announce the cast of Welcome to Bannockburn by Lesley Hart, co-presented with Macrobert Arts Centre, about a father and daughter stuck working together at a five-star historical attraction in Stirling. Directed by Julie Ellen (Artistic Director at Macrobert Arts Centre), this new play stars […]
A Play, A Pie and A Pint (PPP) is delighted to announce the cast of Storytelling by Oliver Emanuel, a new comedy-drama about how the power of stories can overcome the darkest moments in life. Directed by Finn den Hertog (Associate Artist at National Theatre of Scotland), this new play stars Martin Donaghy (549: Scots […]
A Play, A Pie and A Pint will be celebrating its 20th anniversary next year and to mark this milestone, we want to publish a book with 20 plays from our last twenty years in one lovely collection. To make this a reality, we have launched a Crowdfunder campaign to raise £3000 to help us […]
A Play, A Pie and A Pint (PPP) is thrilled to announce that Noisemaker’s acclaimed musical SCOTS is off to New York this April as part of the city’s iconic Tartan Week; an annual celebration and gathering of Scottish business, enterprise and culture. The rousing musical, playfully retelling the history of Scotland on stage, is […]
A Play, A Pie and A Pint (PPP) is delighted to announce the cast of The Spark by Kathy McKean, a new play about a woman who develops telekinetic powers after decades of suppressed rage that shows the ways a woman can and cannot remake her life and her world. Directed by Gordon Barr (Artistic […]
Aodhan Gallagher has written a blog about their inspirations and experience of writing this new comedy-drama centred around two gay men from very different generations. “I am not a gay writer. I am a writer who happens to be gay”– Edward Albee I remember coming across this quote in an article when I was at […]
A Play, A Pie and A Pint (PPP) is delighted to announce the cast of Variant, the 50th professionally produced play by Peter Arnott who returns to Òran Mór after The Signalman, winner of Best Production at the 2020 CATS awards. Directed by Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir (Sandcastles, hang), this new play stars Meghan Tyler (Pride […]
We’re delighted to announce the cast of our new comedy-drama Write-Off, co-presented with Traverse Theatre, in association with Dundee Rep. This witty show exploring the conflicting beliefs of two equally stubborn gay men from diffrerent generations stars Richard Conlon (My Left Right Foot, Spuds, The Whip Hand) and Bailey Newsome (1902, Oor Wullie: The Musical). […]
Áine King, winner of our David MacLennan Award, describes her experience writing this dark comedy and about the award process: “So, what’s your play about?” someone asks… And I know if I say the Climate Crisis, their eyes will glaze over… I almost didn’t write Burning Bright. I was working on something else entirely when […]
We’re delighted to announce the cast of our new mini-musical The Worm Who Turned, co-presented with Aberdeen Performing Arts and Ayr Gaiety. This show about marrows, mayhem and murder will star George Drennan (Dracula Revamped), Helen Logan (The Golden Rage, Jack and The Beanstalk) and Clare Waugh (Karen Pirie, River City). Written by Kim Millar, […]
Our second of the show is Burning Bright, the winner of the David MacLennan Award 2022. Hannah Jarrett-Scott (Pride & Prejudice* (sort of*), Alright Sunshine), Suzanne Magowan (The Steamie, Fibres) and Adam Buksh star as three people entangled in the world’s climate crisis. Written by Áine King and directed by Roxana Haines, this powerful drama […]
We’re very excited to reveal the cast of Until It’s Gone, the first show of our Spring 2023 season! This new dark comic-drama stars Sean Connor, best known for playing series regular Dylan Christie in River City, and Billy Mack who returns to PPP after The Scurvy Ridden Whale Men and Divided in 2019. Written […]
*** APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED *** We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join our small but dedicated team at A Play, A Pie and A Pint. The role would suit a new graduate or early career Producer who is keen to support the development of more than 30 plays per year […]
A Play, A Pie and A Pint (PPP) is delighted to announce its Spring 2023 season of 19 productions themed around Fresh Perspectives. Lunchtime theatregoers will be able to see PPP in action all across Scotland in this season co-presented with Traverse Theatre, Aberdeen Performing Arts, Ayr Gaiety, Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival, Mull Theatre […]
We are delighted to reveal the finalists of this year’s David MacLennan Award 2022. The final shortlisted plays are Not Much Here on The Way To Heaven by Ellen Bannerman, Witches by Fiona Barry and Burning Bright by Áine King. The three Scottish based writers will join us for a day each of R&D on […]
With Òran Mór‘s announcement today, A Play, a Pie and a Pint are delighted to confirm to our audience & partners that with the Scotsman Group investment in Skerryvore Ltd, (the company which owns and operates Òran Mór in Glasgow’s West End) future production of our internationally award winning plays presented in Òran Mór’s theatre, […]
Hollywood’s Golden Age, Baba Yaga, and Ukraine’s premier playwright feature in a globe-trotting season that will tell tales from across the world, as the finalists of The David MacLennan Award are announced. From Hungary to China, through Pakistan and France, before visiting the Golden Age of Hollywood and the far-flung reaches of the Siberian wilderness – this Autumn, A Play, A Pie and A Pint is travelling the world, with tickets now on sale! What’s more, PPP’s upcoming Autumn Season will feature a broadcast from Palestine as well as the Scottish premiere of He Who […]
A Play, A Pie and A Pint is seeking a highly motivated, experienced individual to be the organisation’s new Producer. The successful candidate will work alongside the Artistic Director, producing more than 30 new plays a year – the most new-writing of any theatre in the UK – presenting them at Òran Mór in the […]
A Play, A Pie and A Pint is seeking an enthusiastic, experienced individual to be the organisation’s new Communications Officer. The successful candidate will work alongside the Producer and Artistic Team, leading on the development and delivery of an effective marketing strategy for the organisation, as well as the promotion of more than 30 new […]
Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th July 2022 In collaboration with Scottish Casting Workshop we will be hosting open call auditions for prospective performers who would like to be considered for A Play, a Pie and a Pint productions. Over the two days we will run six sessions, each session lasting 2 hours. The sessions will […]
